You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Heart Macro. SM
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Barrel Cactus
These grown wild in Arizona - but this one is in the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne.
You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Heart Macro. SM
You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Heart Macro. SM
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Sea Sky 2
Rain on the horizon. Thankfully it never reached us.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Wild Bird Wednesday 95 - Scarlet Robin
Those of you with a memory for such things will remember this wire fence from my recent Welcome Swallow post, it was a great little location for the birds.
In case you missed that post, this fence is one a dairy property nr. Walkerville in East Gippsland, about 3 hours from Melbourne. It was a great place to spend a week.
Today the fence is playing host to a male and female Scarlet Robin - Petroica multicolour. There are a number of these "robin" species in SE Australia, and I always like seeing them. As is often the case with names like this, these birds are not closely related to either the American or European robins - it's just that they all have red chest feathers.
Some books consider that there are seasonal movements of these birds at the end of the breeding seasons, but others suggest that they just become more conspicuous once breeding is over as they spend more time in the open. However, I do tend to associate seeing them with autumn. Sounds like a PhD in the waiting!
Now it's over to you - click on the link below and off you go. We have been getting over 60 links in recent weeks, which is great - however, please feel free to invite anybody else you know to join in. The more the merrier. SM
In case you missed that post, this fence is one a dairy property nr. Walkerville in East Gippsland, about 3 hours from Melbourne. It was a great place to spend a week.
Today the fence is playing host to a male and female Scarlet Robin - Petroica multicolour. There are a number of these "robin" species in SE Australia, and I always like seeing them. As is often the case with names like this, these birds are not closely related to either the American or European robins - it's just that they all have red chest feathers.
Some books consider that there are seasonal movements of these birds at the end of the breeding seasons, but others suggest that they just become more conspicuous once breeding is over as they spend more time in the open. However, I do tend to associate seeing them with autumn. Sounds like a PhD in the waiting!
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| Female Scarlet Robin |
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| Female Scarlet Robin |
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| Male Scarlet Robin |
Small
The world is large, yet I am so small.
Or something like that.
Lone fisherman.
Walkerville, Victoria, Australia.
You can find more images from around the world at Our World Tuesday. SM
Or something like that.
Lone fisherman.
Walkerville, Victoria, Australia.
You can find more images from around the world at Our World Tuesday. SM
Monday, 5 May 2014
Preying Mantis
I found this preying mantis laying eggs on a brick fence just outside our house.
You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Heart Macro. SM
You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Heart Macro. SM
Friday, 2 May 2014
A sea sky
This may be the first of a bit of a run of quick posts. I need to find some time to write for my longer blog - so this one will be a little neglected for a while.
I'm still going to post (and of course run WBW on Wednesdays), but there may not be much text for while!
Hope you keep visiting.
This image of the sea / sky was taken at Walkerville, east of Melbourne.
You can find more skies from around the world at Sky Watch Friday. SM
I'm still going to post (and of course run WBW on Wednesdays), but there may not be much text for while!
Hope you keep visiting.
This image of the sea / sky was taken at Walkerville, east of Melbourne.
You can find more skies from around the world at Sky Watch Friday. SM
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